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The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
THE BENNINGTON MONUMENT.
Its Corner Stone Laid Yesterday
With Imposing Ceremonies.

BENNINGTON, Aug. 16.-The corner stone
of the Bennington battle monument was laid
this afternoon with imposing ceremonies
and in the presence of the largest crowd ever
gathered in the village
Business was practically suspended, every
thing being given up to the exercises of the
occasion. A great procession was formed at
1890 under the direction of the chief mar
shal, Colonel George Hooker, and consisted
of military, civic and Masonic divisions. In
the military division was 80 companies of
the New York National Guard and the first
brigade V. N. G. Upon the staff of the chief
marshal were SO prominent citizens of Yer
mont, New York. New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts. and among those who participat-
ed in the ceremonies were the governors of
Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts.
Aldred A. Hall, Grand Master. then pro-
ceeded with the peculiarly interesting cere-
monies of laying the stone, at the conclusion
of whice salute was fired by the battery
and the work was turned over to the COVER
nor of the State who accepted it in a brief
address. Governor Ormsbee then turned it
over to the Monument Association after its
approval by the governors of New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts,. 1t was accepted
in behalf of the association by Hon. B, L.
Prescott, president of the day.
An Grafton was then delivered by Hon. j.
W. Stewart, and the benediction by Rev.
Isaac Jennings
A tin box containing various records, etc.,
was placed in the corner stone by the Grand
treasurer of the Grand Lodge.
All Of the arrangements were successfully
carried out and the entire ceremony of the
laying of the stone was performed with
Sm00thneSS.
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st. Joseph's Home.


The work Of building the hospital, or more
correctly speaking, the Home. in connection
with the st. Joseph's Academy, is making
good progress. The masonry is being done
by Mr.. James Cunningham, and the carpen-
ter work by Mr.. George Sylvester. The ar
chitects are Messrs. Fassett Il Tompson. BY
the plans we see the buildings will be Of
brick, 50x92 feet, two stories high, with a
slated hip roof. The basement will be very
ample, containing kitchen, boiler. laundry
and necessary offices. The ground floor will
be divided by wide corridor, on one side of
which will be a ward for l2 or IS aged wom-
en-, and on the other will be the dining room,
parlors, etc. The second story will have
corridor running the length of the building
East Of it will be ward for eonvaleseents,
and on the other side the Sisters rooms.
The building will cost between $4,000 and
$4,000, and will be very complete, present
ing a good appearance. 1t is situated Just
off the upper part of Oak street, and about
five hundred feet from st. Joseph's Aeade.
my.
Bishop Healy. who is taking very great in
terest in the work, informed the Register that
the idea the building is to be a hospital, as
some sAppose, in competition with the Maine
General Hospital for instance, is quite incor-
rect. His church, he says, Is eminentlv sat
isfed with the Maine General Hospital. hut
this Institution is to be home for GONZALES
cents, ineurables and aged persons. While
under Catholic management, the home will
also be open TO Protestants. SO many com
munieations had been addressed the Bishop
relative TO home OF the character in con-
temptation that its commencement was de-
termined The work started without a cent
but help will be quite welcome. To use the
right reverend gentleman's words, est. Jo-
seph's Home will be built from the proyl-
dence Of God" 4"
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GEN ERAL N EWS.

Thomas Green of New York has obtained
an attachment against the property in that
State of the WoonsOcket Rubber Compan
of Rhode Island, in suit to recover $222,-
28O41, alleged due on 100000 pounds of rub
Der sold the company. The defence claims
a breach of contract.
Mrs. John McSheehy, Of Shelton. Comm
appeared before justice yesterday, and on
Sept 9th will answer to charge of bigamy
The State expects TO prove that she has sew
en- husbands now living.
The upper building of the New York Belt
ing Packing Company at Sandy Hook, burn
ed yesterday morning. The loss is over
$4,000.
The vice president of the Commercial Ca
BILE Company says cut of IL cents a word Is
coming unless the Western Union agrees to
Mackay's proposition by the end of this
week.
The coroners jury find that Daniel Muir
phy. a New York saloon keeper, who shot
Daniel Lynus, of the Whyo gang, in the for
mer's saloon last Saturday, was justified In
killing the young rowdy. Murphy was dis
charged.
Smith Nelson of Gilmanton, N. H., aged
~ wears. was struck in team on a railroad
crossing near Laconia, by the south bound
passenger train Monday night, and terribly
mangled. He will die.
FIR. Woodward's block in Hill. N. H.,
was burned Monday night. 1t contained q
large and finely equipped hall, store and
post office. A tenement adjoining was also
burned. Loss $1,000; partially insured.
Asa T. Barron, for many years connected
with the Fabyan, Crawford, Twin Mountain
and other White Mountain hotels, as land.
lord, died yesterday.
On application of the bondholders of the
Grand Southern railroad of New Brunswick
Judge Palmer has placed the concern in the
hands of receiver.
Gen. j. N. Patterson's old war horse "0l6
Buck" captured from the Confederates il
1862, died yesterday, aged "a years, at Con.
cord, n II.
The locomotive engineers on the Mexican
Central have struck because one was dis
charged. The mail and passenger trains ar,
running on time. Orders have been sent t,
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How to Abate a Great nuisance.

Every one has experienced the unpleasant
ness of riding in the cars in seat just be-
hind some thoughtless person who insists on
having the window at his or her seat open
full width. The person in the seat behind
gets the cinders, the draught, and then
gets mad. How to induce the aforesaid
thoughtless person to shut the window has
been theme Of discussion among few diff
fident people who have been sending letters
to the New York papers. This is one Of the
receipts given: W..
Sixty thousand miles yearifor nye years, gave
the experience which now availed OF at once
closes that Internal front window Let the per
son aggrieved fold his newspaper so that he
holds sheet 1Sx14 inches In his hand, then
grasping il firmly by the edges, hands apart so as
TO draw the paper taut, advance forward as lar
from him as he reasonably can, resting one hand
against the side of the car, and about half way up
and down Of the open window One Of two
things Immediately happens. The window closes
with bang or the back hair of the person sit
ting by the open window flies across the car. The
DO sitiOn Of the paper can be so innocently at
tanned that no suspicion Of the effect need be
shown by the holder. Only, hold it hard and
taut, well forward.
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DR.. curran Deserts.

New YORK. Aug. 16-A despatch from
Saugerties states: y
The Rev. DIR. Curran says he does not wish
to be regarded as favoring contumacy or dis
respect TO the Holy See He regrets that he
should have been considered by any one as
defiant to authority, and says if be had
thought it wrong to go to the picnic referred
to he would not have gone. He protests
against the calumniating words Of some of
the New York dailies and also against some
OF the assertions made by Father Layelle.
He says that Father Lavelle. even without
being Doctor of Divinity, ought to be well
enough informed in his theology to know
that when law is only doubtfully or con-
trovertibly applicable to case (and Father
Lavelle admits that the censure he speaks Of
was only controvertibly applicable in this
case) it is de fdcto and certainly not applic-
able. DIR. Curran says that he has been for7
hidden by the Archbishop to appear on any
occasion similar to that of the recent picnic,
and that he will respect the prohibition. He
says he was asked by the Archbishop to
apologize for going to the picnic; that he OBJ
jected to doing so, but that he made and was
quite willing to make the statement that has
appeared. o
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AoDIE cARviLLE's DEATH.
A Mysterious Drowning Case at
Lewiston.

LEWISTON, Aug. 16-The body of a girl
about 20 years old, five feet and two or three
inches tall, dressed in black dress and
figured jersey, was found in the little stream
at Bakerville in Lewiston this forenoon. A
hack driver identifies her as a girl who came
to Lewiston from Woodford's Monday. The
remains were placed in the tomb at River
side Cemetery.
Alonzo G. Carville, an uncle of the dead
girl, identified her as his niece, Addie A.
Carville. She was about 21 years old. Her
father is Wesley Carville, now of New
Haven, Conn. 1t had been two or three
years since he had seen her. She
always made her home with her uncle.
She has been in Saccarappa and Portland.
She has worked at homework, and has re-
Gently been living at Woodfords. Miss Car
Vile went to Lewiston Monday hired a hack
and requested to be driven to the City
Clerks Office to get an order to admit her to
the poor house. The Office was closed and
she was left at the Maine Central station by
the hackman. When found, the body had
been in the water but short time and gave
no signs of any struggle. There is no insan-
lty in the girls family and there was no
known reason why she should apply for ad-
mission to the poor farm. Her trunk was
found at the Maine Central station. An in
quest has been begun.
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Poor Ice Cream.

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 16.-The family of
William Turner is in very bad fix, from the
effects OF tyrotoxicon in ice cream eaten on
Friday. Mr.. Turner, who is the senior men,
ber of the largest milling firm here, happened
to be absent, but every other member of the
Mrs. William Turner is very i'll, as is Roder
ick Mckenzie, young artist and a protege
of the Turner's. The others i'll are two daugh-
ters. Mrs. III. +. jerks and Mrs. A. Wing
two grandchildren, Willie jerks and Bessie
Iron, and three servants. All OF the family
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Serious Accident.

Mr. Mooney. son Of James Mooney of
Knightville, is employed in iron works,
at Boston. Saturday last he and another
workman. deslrous Of executing job, were
at work with the trip hammer. The hammer
slipped and failed to strike a bar Of iron
squarely. The end of the bar struck Mr..
Mooney a glancing blow, piercing the skin
over his abdomen and penetrating his
thigh. An artery was severed and he lost
four quarts of blood before the bleeding
was stopped. The surgeons say that unless
the artery breaks out afresh or Inflammation
sets in, he will recover. He possesses fine
constitution and is only % years old, which
Is In his favor.
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A Somewhat Noted Case.

RocKLAND, Aug. 16.-Sunday, July 70,
1885, j. L. Eaton, proprietor of the Medomak
House, Waldoboro, lost valuable horse and
other property in the burning of the Belfast
Livery Company's stables. Mr.. Eaton sued
the Livery Company, claiming that through
their negligence and gross carelessness,
drunken men were admitted to.the stable loft
wherein there was large quantity of dry
hay, which was set on fire by the reckless
and drunken men, thus admitted to the loft.
The case was tried at the October, 1885, term
Of court for Lincoln county. After the evil
dence was heard, Judge Danforth, the JUS
tice presiding, ordered a non suit j. e.
Hanley, Esq, Of this city, the plaintiffs at
torney, filed exceptions to the rulings of the
jndge. The exceptions the law court have
sustained. The following rescript has been
received:
Eaton vs. Lancaster ct. ais. The Court cannot
say that there was no evidence introduced by the
plaintiff which, if believed by the jury, would
have authorized the verdict. Hence the non suit
was improperly ordered. The exceptions are
| sustained. ..... q
J. Z. Hanly for plaintiff
1 Foiger and Hartman of Belfast, for defendant.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
An Eagles Visit.

While taking the 10 p. m. observation last
evening Signal Service Observer Thomas
saw very large bird, which he took to be a
grey eagle. The bird lit upon the Signal
Service weather vane. 1t was fully four or
five feet from the beak to the tip of its tail.
The vane is heavy iron shaft and well
braced but it trembled and ratified loudly be-
meath the birds weight. As the wind moved
the vane the bird rose and attempted to
light on the thermometer. but the cups were
revolving too fast for footing and the
strange bird gave a cry and flew off towards
the southwest. Mr.. Thomas was quite con-
fdent that the bird was an eagle of the lar
gest type, having encountered several of
them while in Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory, and the resemblance being quite
marked
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
Queen victoria's Letter.

The following reply to the Presidents con-
gratulatory telegram sent on the occasion of
the jubilee has been received from Queen
Victoria:
Victoria, 6y the Grace Of God, of the Kingdom of
Great Britdtss and Ireland Queen, Defender
Of the Faith, Empress of India. &C., 1c to the
President Of the United States of Anerica
Sendeth Greeting:
Our Good Friend.-We have received from the
hands OF Mr.. Phelps, United States minister at
our court, the letter which you addressed to us
on the 26th of May last, and in which you con
vey your congratulations and those of thelpeople
OF the United States on the occasion of the cele-
Dration OF the hfteth anniversary Of our accession
TO the throne. We request you TO accept our best
thanks for the proof OF friendship and good will
which, with similar proofs we have received from
the rulers and people Of other States has caused
us the most sincere qualification In thanking
you also for the choice which you have made Of
Mr.. Phelps to be the Interpreters of your senti-
ments on this occasion, We request you to accept
in return our best wishes for your own uninter-
rupted happiness and welfare and for the pros
perity OF the United States of America and so we
recommend you to the protection of the Al
mighty.
Given at our court at Windsor Castle the 18th
day OF July, in the year of our Lord, 1887 and
In the b1st year Of our reign.
Your Good Friend,
VICTORIA, REG.
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900 each. Add to this the loss of business and
the damage to property and the disaster will
cost the company above million.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-A despatch to The
News from Chatsworth says: "a statement
was made by j. L. Bullard, citizen highly
says that he saw section men carry water in
to the house of the section foreman on We'd
nesday afternoon between and O'Clock,
while before the coroner's jury the section
foreman and his men testified that they were
on the road at the time mentioned Mr..
from his remarks and those of other resi-
dents, It is inferred the road was not examin-
ed on Wednesday. despite the instructions re-
ceived by the section foreman from the road
master. Wednesday morning, :Mr. Bullard
SAID, the station agent, who is my neighb0r,
told me that extraordinary precautions had
been ordered to be taken, as a heavy passen-
ger train was expected.
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prised man than Carney was would be hard
70 ind. Mains made fine left hand stop Of
Dunn's hit In the sixth. The visitors made
some bad errors. Canavan muffed fiy off
Galligan's bat and let In two runs, but later
In the game he spoiled a three base hit for
the same player by taking in one hand on
the run fly that was bound for the farther
corner Of left field. 1t was a brilliant catch
and saved run. There was some good base
running by both teams, Andrus and Thayer
excelling for Portland and Canavan for the
visitors. The latter did excellent work in
the sixth. and his fine steal Of third gave his
team run. Following Is the score:
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THE STATE
ARoosrooK COUNTY.


One day recently Amos Thib0deau. OF Car
iDou was attacked by an infuriatesl bull
His daughter ran to his rescue and succeed
ed In warding of the thrusts Of the animals
horns from her father until help arrived.
Mr.. ThibOdeau was severely injured
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The productiveness Of "l3road-aeres," Mr.
Sturgis' great firm at Riverside. Is something
surprising. This season there has been
hauled into his capaeiOus barns from OF his
farm, 27S loads Of hay and "a Of grain.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The rumored sale OF Mouse Island to the
New York yacht club Is cOntradieted by
those who know. They say that General
Buffers intimate feiend, Hon. K. M. Spot
ford. Of Newburyport, Mass, has bonded the
property for $4,000, in the interest OF Boston
capitalists.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Mrs. Frank $. Trufant, Of TOpsham, last
week drove TO Gardiner, a distance OF 70
miles, in one day, with a horse fOrty-one
years old.
WALDO COUNTY.
The annual fair Of the Waldo and Penob-
scot Agricultursl Society will be held In
MOnrok three days, Sept. 9th, 2Sth and 10Th.
IN GENERAL
Captain William Flowers went To NORWAY
on Saturday, where he inspected the steamer
Henrietta and condemned the Minnie Midge
The steamer Sappho at Poland Springs has
also been condemned. Five steamers have
been condemned by the inspectors thus far
this season.
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MORNING, AUGUST IL, 1887.

station agents not to receive perishable
freight. The strike is likely TO be serious
for short time. The officials maintain that
the strike was prompted by professional
agitator from the United States.
DIR. Paul A. Stackpole, of Dover, N. H.,
has sued the Boston Il Maine railroad for
$4,000, for damages sustained when his
span of horses, scared by a wild engine at
the Washington street crossing, ran away
and killed Mary Jane Durgin.
At the circuit meeting at Manchester, N.
H., yesterday, the 2.40 class race was won
by the chestnut gelding NJ. N. o., owned by
p. B. Morton, Waterbury, Conn, and the
2.25 class by Screwdriyer, owned by Il. ID.
Marsh, Great Falls, N. a.
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The Late Captain Gallagher.
The Portland Montgomery Guards have

The Portland Montgomery Guards have
adopted the following
Whereas. 1t has pleased Almighty God to re.
move from our ranks our beloved commander,
Capt. John A. Gallagher therefore be it
Resolved, That while we bow in humble sub
mission to the Divine Will we cannot but mourn
the loss of one whose noble qualities of neart and
mind has made him the object of our love and
esteem.
Resolved, That by his uRtimely death this com
pany loses one OF Its most earnest and enthusi-
astic members. Always devoted to the interests
OF the company, whether serving In the ranks or
as captain commanding, he was every ready with
his voice, his pen, or his hand to elevate the
standard of its excellence.
Resotred. That We extend our sincere and
heartfelt sympathy to the family and relatives of
onr late captain, assuring them that we too
Long for the touch OF a vanished hand
Or the sound of avoice that is gone"
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be
spread upon the records of this company, for
warded to the family of the deceased, and pub
iished in the daily papers.
w. W: MCINTYRE Committee
7. J. McCALLUMI ON
j. Il. FLAHERTY, J Resolutions.
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Finding out the Cost.

The board of naval affairs, consisting of
Chief Constructor Wilson, Engineer-in-
Chief Melville, Capt George Brown, AS
sistant Naval Constructor Francis T. Bowles
and Louis Nixon, ordered to convene TO ex-
anime plans for the construction of a battle
ship of 6000 tons, are to report to the Navy
Department the probable cost, exclusive of
armament, of constructing such a vessel.
The armor will be furnished by the Bethle-
hem Iron Company of Pennsylvania.
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IF Page. bookkeeper for the large whole
sale Stationery house of c. O. Beauchram &
CO., Of Montreal, raised a $255 check on tn the
jacques Cartier Bank yesterday to S25, goo,
cashed it and absconded. He is well con. con.
nected, but has been speculatlng In bucket
shops.
r. S. Scott, former paying teller In the
in 1885, with S16O,OOO of the banks securities
has made a confession to Consul General
wall In London, duplicating John X. Dunn,
a New York broker Dunn has been ar
rested.
In the Superior Court at Fitchburg, Mass,
yesterday. Peter j. Finnegan, who shot and
killed his wife at Worcester. July 4th was
convicted of manslaughter through criminal
carelessness. His counsel took except ons
to Judge Pitman's rulings.
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Iyanhoe Lodge Elsld nax.

The members Of Ivanhoe Lodge No Is,
h. Of r., win go on Basket picnic to Long
Island, on Thursday, Aug. 18th. There will
be games Of base bali and foot ball. dancing
and other amusements during the day.
Chandler will furnish music for dancing
Arrangements have been made with the
Forest City st amboat line to carry them at
Excursion rates on all trips during the day.
A late boat will run to accommodate those
who remain In the evening TO dance. Men,
bers Of other lodges and the public are cor
daily invited to join them In making 1t a
nieaeant occasfOn
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The Rridgewater case.

The owner Of the American ship Bridge
water, seized at Shelburne, N. s.. for alleged
on-payment of duty, has made statement
to the United States Consul at Yarmouth, N.
S. He says his vessel is of 1862 tons register
and halls from New York. She sailed April
1st from St. John, N. b., laden with lumber,
and bound for Penarth Roads for orders.
Having experienced rough weather, she put
into Shelburne for repairs, and was enter ed
at the custom house as required by law. Sur
veyors urged that she be sold, claiming that
1t would. cost more to repair her than she
was worth. The owner decided, however, to
discharge her cargo into another ship and ex-
anime her. He found her less damaged than
the surveyors had claimed, and that she could
be repaired for about half the estimates.
She was offered for sale, however, bu: was
bought by the owner, as the highest bid for
her was only $500. Repairs ON her were
begun June 9th, and continued until July q,
when Collector Atwood seized the vessel for
alleged non-entry and payment Of duty. No
demand for the duty claimed had previously
been made. The owner complains that there
was an attempt to obtain his vessel without
giving an adequate, If any return for her,
and that the Canadian authorities have viO-
lated the international law and shown a dis
regard for comfy and good feeling in max
inc fha cai1ura
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HAvERHILLs, q; sALEMs, 3.

Sheehan tried to defeat the Salems alone,
at Hayerhill yesterday afternoon. and came
near succeeding, winding up the game with
three men ON bases and one out, by catching
fly from Campana's bat on the dead run.
making a double play unasslsted. Lally
pitched great game. the Salems not making
a hit after the third inning till the ninth
Mahaney hurt his finger in the second inning
and had to retire. Gardiner made his first
appearance for three weeks. The score:
Innings. 3 4 8 SO
Havernills. 0 2 2 o A. o
Salems. 1 o y O.
Base hlts-Hayerhills, 8; salems, IA. Errors
hills. a; salems,, l. Batteries-Laly and Ma
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Where the Blame Rests.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Aug. 16.-J. b. Stevens,
general solicitor and attorney for the Toledo.
Peoria & Western Railroad, says the testi-
mony before the Coroner today, lays the
whole blame of the recent disaster on Timo-
thy Coughlan, the section boss. He was or
dered to go over the entire length of the sec
tion on the day of the excursion, to see that
all was right, and didn't 60 near the western
end. He set fire to the grass near the bridge
and then didn't look after it. Coughlan
claims he was sick. He will be discharged
and may be indicted.
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Buckner's plurality...............
.Sharp's Chances,

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 16.-A special to the
Albany Journal from Whitehall says "It is
generally reported that Judge Potter has de-
cded to grant stay in the Sharp case 1t is
stated that he is now earnestly engaged at
his residence here in writing an exhaustive
opinion"